Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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6 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself Five minutes Me Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 5 Five minutes 6 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for · Me

Me 6 A practitioner 6

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 5 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Medication and how it works 97 Your nervous system 67 What anger actually is 50 Equanimity and perspective 42 The moment before you snap 39 Touch and bodywork 37 Getting assessed and diagnosed 35 Choosing your response 35 Grounding and settling 35 Systems for daily life 34 Get started 34 Your sense of time 32 Exercise, food and other supports 32 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 Practising under provocation 28 When everything feels flat 28 The fear underneath anger 27 What ADHD actually is 26 Feelings and focus 25 Bringing the future closer 25 Screens and attention 23 Moving your body 21 Cool the body first 20 Breathing 18 Treatment and medication 18 Shame and stigma 18 Feeling from the inside 16 What you are actually defending 16 What worry does 15 Remembering to do it 15 Breaking the worry loop 15 Emotions as signals 14 Being seen and judged 14 Growing empathy 13 Structure and routine 13 Making it stick 11 When you use something to cope 11 Tolerate distress 11 Treatment and medication 10 Facing it a step at a time 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Obsessions and compulsions 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 Knowing your partner 8 Self-compassion 7 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Shame 6 Question the thought 5 Listening and understanding 5 Shared spiritual life 4 When you go numb 4 When anger turns to harm 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Use your strengths 3 Rituals of connection 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Meaning after harm 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Work with your brain 2 Rest and pacing 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Affection and touch 1 Panic and the body 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Let the wave come 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1

When

Under stress 3 Any ordinary day 3

Once a shape feels safe, it becomes somewhere to explore from. The question stops being am I doing this right and turns into how does my body want to move now.

Stay in an easy position long enough for it to go slightly dull. Dull is the sign that the ground under you is steady. From there, small experiments:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 3:191

Picture a cat getting up from a nap. One side lengthens and reaches while the other side curls in, then they swap over. Do that. Add breath and sound if you want them.

After a minute of copying the animal, drop the instructions and let your body carry on however it likes. That is the reason for starting here:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 19:58

Find the place that is always tight, your jaw, your shoulders, the top of your back. Take it over deliberately. Squeeze it harder than it holds itself, then let it go.

Do that a few times and something changes. The holding stops being weather that happens to you and becomes something you are doing, which means it is…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:77

Take a shape that asks something of you, warrior or mountain, eyes open, the middle of your body switched on. Then, without coming out of it, drop your attention inside and let the pose hold you instead.

Two things get practised in one position. First the doing: strong legs, clear gaze, a body that is ready. Then the yielding: still there, still…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 2:238

Keeping your eyes open holds you in the room while you feel what is going on inside. One channel on where you actually are, one on yourself.

Closed eyes are the default in most classes and they are not always kind. When a lot is stirring, letting the eyes stay soft but open, so the light…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 15:98

Grounding and relaxing are two different prescriptions. A squat with your back against a wall puts you back into your legs. Deep guided rest takes you downwards. Reach for whichever one is missing.

When someone has gone numb or absent, often from the waist down, weight bearing work in the legs gives the body something loud and unmistakable to…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 17:37

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